Swords to Ploughshares (NKS/Kontakt Player) – Extended

• Swords to Ploughshares features field recordings and sound design created during the invasion of Ukraine, capturing the sounds of everyday life amidst conflict.
• The library includes an advanced user interface designed for Native Instruments’ Kontakt platform and is compatible with the free Kontakt Player.
• It offers unlocked WAV files for customization, making it suitable for various music genres including electronic, trailer, and soundtrack compositions.
• Soundiron and Native Instruments sponsored the project, ensuring high-quality development and encoding.

Product Overview

Swords to Ploughshares (NKS/Kontakt Player) – Extended is a distinctive virtual instrument that merges field recordings with expressive sound design, reflecting the realities of life during the invasion of Ukraine. Captured by sound designer Histibe, the library features sounds from Kyiv and the Carpathian mountains, blending everyday life with the surreal backdrop of war.

Details

This library encompasses 5. of original content, including a variety of sound categories such as alarms, blasts, ambient tones, and nature sounds. The recordings were made in uncontrolled environments, resulting in a raw and authentic sonic palette. The instrument includes 170 unique presets, divided into custom sound design and an expansion pack, allowing for a wide range of creative possibilities.

The advanced user interface offers extensive sound-shaping controls, including volume, attack, release, and glide for legato playing. An adaptable LFO system and a modular FX rack with 18 DSP effect modules provide further flexibility in sound manipulation. The convolution reverb features 119 impulse response presets, enabling users to place sounds in various spatial contexts. Unlocked WAV files are also included for direct use in sound design, making this library suitable for a range of applications, from electronic music to cinematic scores.